Search & Foundation

• Led multiple platform-level initiatives to modernize search, messaging, and trip-matching systems, improving reliability, scalability, and data integrity across core user flows.

• Drove large-scale architectural migrations and re-designs that eliminated data inconsistency risks and enabled safe, incremental rollouts in production.

• Resolved high-impact concurrency and state-management issues in Travel Plans and Trip Match, preventing data corruption and reducing load under peak traffic.

• Elevated engineering quality and operational velocity through better tooling, automation, and test coverage across critical systems.

• Designed and implemented the payment system from the ground up using Stripe APIs, enabling flexible payment options such as Pay-in-4 and credit-based payments to support evolving business strategies.

• Introduced a ledger system to ensure accurate money tracking across complex scenarios, including refunds, cashbacks, discounts, and fraud cases.

• Refactored legacy code by introducing Inversion of Control (IoC) principles and built comprehensive unit test coverage to safeguard critical business logic.

• Spearheaded the design, development, and deployment of the Rainbow API, facilitating seamless integration for external insurance partners.

• Conceived and executed the AutoTest project, utilizing OpenAI API for automated unit test case generation. Oversaw code extraction and model training to enhance accuracy, resulting in a 35% increase in test coverage for a monolithic backend codebase with over 2,000 commits.

• Orchestrated integrations with third-party insurance service providers, unlocking new avenues for business expansion.